ICC prosecutor, Karim Khan, has applied for arrest warrants for three Hamas leaders, and also for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant. He says he has reasonable grounds to believe they bear responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
This comes as Israel pushes on with its assault on Gaza which has so far taken the lives of over 35,500 Palestinians according to local health officials. ICC judges will now consider the chief prosecutor's applications to determine whether the arrest warrants are to be formally issued.While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pre-empted the ICC's announcement with a statement condemning the court last month, he again repeated his outrage at being listed along with the names of Israel's sworn enemies.
This is similar to the situation of Russian President Vladimir Putin who currently has a warrant against him for alleged crimes in Russia's invasion of Ukraine but faces no immediate threat. Mohammad Abdel-Al, who has been displaced from his home by Israel's assault on Gaza, says he despises the equivalence drawn between Israeli violence and what he considers to be resistance against Israeli occupation.
“This is a moment when we see in the shadow of Ukraine, an increasing cacophony of noise, of double standards and selectivity. And what we're trying to do is not go with a tide of emotion, but be guided by evidence. And it's about the equal application of the law.
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